Supreme Court of Rwanda

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The Supreme Court of Rwanda is the highest judicial authority in Rwanda, overseeing the interpretation of law and the administration of justice across the country.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Supreme Court of Rwanda canonical 3
Rwandan national courts 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court of last resort ⓘ
judicial body ⓘ
supreme court ⓘ
appointingAuthorityOf judges of lower courts in Rwanda ⓘ
branchOf Judiciary of Rwanda ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Rwanda ⓘ
country Rwanda ⓘ
ensures application of Rwandan legislation ⓘ
protection of rights recognized by Rwandan law ⓘ
function disciplines members of the judiciary according to law ⓘ
ensures uniform interpretation of national law ⓘ
guarantees respect for the Constitution within its jurisdiction ⓘ
hears appeals from lower courts ⓘ
issues binding legal precedents ⓘ
oversees judicial administration ⓘ
governmentBranch judicial branch of Rwanda ⓘ
guarantees independence of the judiciary in Rwanda ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver administrative cases in final instance ⓘ
civil cases in final instance ⓘ
criminal cases in final instance ⓘ
hasBuildingType courthouse ⓘ
hasPosition Chief Justice of Rwanda ⓘ
headedBy Chief Justice of Rwanda ⓘ
interprets Rwandan civil law ⓘ
Rwandan criminal law ⓘ
Rwandan procedural law ⓘ
Rwandan statutory law ⓘ
jurisdiction Rwanda ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Kinyarwanda ⓘ
legalSystem civil law ⓘ
customary law influences ⓘ
locatedIn Kigali ⓘ
Kigali City ⓘ
linked to: Kigali

capital of Rwanda ⓘ
oversees professional conduct of judges in Rwanda ⓘ
partOf Rwandan justice system ⓘ
role court of final appeal in Rwanda ⓘ
highest judicial authority in Rwanda ⓘ
oversees administration of justice in Rwanda ⓘ
oversees interpretation of law in Rwanda ⓘ
supervises High Court of Rwanda ⓘ
intermediate courts of Rwanda ⓘ
primary courts of Rwanda ⓘ
typeOfAppealsHeard appeals from decisions of the High Court ⓘ
appeals on points of law ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kigali → isSeatOf → Supreme Court of Rwanda ⓘ
1994 Rwandan genocide → legalAftermath → Rwandan national courts ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Court of Rwanda
Senate of Rwanda → relatedInstitution → Supreme Court of Rwanda ⓘ
Constitution of Rwanda → establishes → Supreme Court of Rwanda ⓘ